Packing-press and barrel-header.



A. S. HANGER.

PACKING PRESS AND BARREL HEADER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1912.

1,055,630, 7 {Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

a 5 J W1 14 1 7 1% Z 4 5" JZJQ'ZZ/WJIZF/flflfi I ltnesses 1 Q r Inventor Attorneys uentelements of the. pressing mechanism, and to providemeansfor connecting the .To all-whom it may concern:

rels, the press heading up the barrels after contents of thebarrelhave ANDREW-SANFORD EANGER,

-Be it known that I, ANDRE S. HANGER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Fishersville, in the county of Augusta and State of Virginia, have invented a new and usefulPacking-Press and Barrel-I-leader, of which the following-"is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a press adapted to be employed for compressing vegetables into barbeing adapted to be employed been compressed therein.

LIIt-is- .the object of the invention to provide novel means for assembling the constitpressing mechanism operatively with the prove generally and to enhance supporting "frame.

A. further obj act of the invention is to imthe wearing "qualities of, devices Jof that type to which the present invention appertains.

standing from the platform In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the invention in side elevation; Fig.

2- is an end elevation, parts being broken away; 'Fig.' 3 is a vertical longitudinal section wherein divers parts appear in elevation; Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 14 of Fig. 2; and, Fig. 5 is a sectional foot and adja- The base 1 comprises a platform 2 having depending feet 3 and 4. The platform 2 is'su'r i'ounded by a retaining band Up- 2, is a projection 6 which is shaped to fit in the lower end of the barrel 7 closely so as to reinforce the structure may lower. head of the barrel. The base 1 may be provided adjacent its corners, with dehooks 50,-adapted to receive a pair endin p b the of parallel bars (not shown) whereby be carried about.

i -The supporting frame comprises arms 9 and an intermediate portion 10, there being an arched head 11 upstanding from the 111- termediate portion. Through the lower ends 'of the arms 9 of the supporting frame is passed a pivot element 12, preferably a bolt and nut structure. The pivot element 12 is passed through an opening 14; in the platform 2. A block 15 is mounted between the arms 9 of the frame 28 and abuts against the intermediate portion 10 of the frame, the arched head 11 being spaced apart from Securing ele- Specificatioii of Letters Patent. Application filed June 21, 1912. SeriaI'No. 705,143.

or FISHERSVILLE; VIRGINIA.

PACKING-FRESS AND BARREL-HEADER.

Pa-tented Mar. 11, 1913.

\ ments 16areextendedthrough thefaif'ms 9 l to engage the. block 15, these'secu r' elements 16 constituting pivots for theiupper ends of the supports 17. The frame 28 Qma y be swung to one side as indicated in dotted hnes n Fig. 1, the supports '17 maintaining vertical positionsand engaging the ground on both sides of the base' 1 to'uphold the frame 28 in a tilted-position to one side of the barrel 7 so that the' operator'may fill the barrel readily and place the upper head flfil in the barrel after the-barrel has been 8 I p The compression mechanism includes a turning bar 22' is removably thrustf-"The screw 20 is threaded through the arched head 11 and through the block 15.1

The presse-r foot 23 isad'apte'dto fit in the upper end of the-barrel .7 the lower face of thepresser foot 23 being equipped with a resilient v facing 24, preferably fashioned from felt, the construction ofthe facing 21- being such that the fruit may be compressed in the barrel 7- without bruising or injuring the fruit. The upper face of the presser foot 23 has a recess 25 lined along its bottom and along its side walls with a metallic plate 26 having at its periphery a flange 27 which fits down -flush with the upper face of the presser foot To the upper face of the presser foot 23 'a pair of retaining members 29 are secured by means of .attaching elements 30 the retaining members '29 having in their meeting edges slots 31 defining a circular opening in which'the screw 20 is journaled, the screw 20 having at its lower end a head 32 held for rotation within the retaining members 29, the plate 26 constituting a thrust bearing for the head It is to be noted that the elements 30 not only secure the members 29 to the presser foot 23 but also enter the flange 28 of the plate 26, and hold the plate in osition in the recess 25.

peration: The frame 28 is tilted to one side as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, until the supports 17 come into contact with the ground, thus maintaining the frame in the chine and bearing against the lower head 8 of the barrel. The pro ect1on 6 at an angle to the vertical and out of the:

screw 20 provided-at its'upperfend "with an enlarged head 21, through which the head also serves to aline prevents the lower head of the barrel from being bursted out under pressure and :the the barrel 7 vertically with the intermediate foot 4 so that when pressure is applied to the barrel, the pressure will be communicated to a reinforced portion of the platform 2. The barrel 7 is filled with the fruit or vegetables and the frame 28 is swun into vertical position as indicated in sohd lines in Fig. 4. The screw 20 is then rotated through the medium of the turning bar 22, the screw 20 moving downwardly in the arched p0r tion 11 of the frame and: in the block 15 until the resilient facing 24 which is carried by thelower end of the presser 'foot 23 engagesv the fruit or vegetables whereupon the same, without bruise or injury, are

thrust into the barrel 7, the head 32 carried by the lower end of the screw 20 obviously constituting means whereby the screw is swiveled toe the presser foot 23. After the fruithas been compressed to the desired extent in the barrel 7, the presser foot 23 may be retracted from the fruit whereupon the upper head, 18 is inserted into the barrel and thrust down into the .chine'bythe presser foot 23.

Having thus described the inventionwhat is claimed is 1'. A press of the class described, comprismg a base; a frame pivoted to the base; compression mechanism carried by and a support, nivotedto the frame and ly- 'frame from springing laterally,

the f the base 5 ing along one side of the frame, when the frame is upright, thereby to act as a reinforcement for the frame, to prevent the the support maintaining a vertical position when rame is swung to one side, thereby to constitute a prop supporting the compres a receptacle sion mechanism to one side of with whlch the compression mechanism-cooperates, the prop constituting means forv maintaining the compression mechanism in an inoperative position, and within reach of an operator.

2. In a press of the character described, a base; a frame pivoted to the base; a block located within the frame; a support; a connecting element passing through the support and through a portion of the frame, to enter the block, and constituting a means for maintaining the block in the frame, the support beingpivotally mounted upon said element, whereby when the frame is swung laterally, the supportwill maintain an upa right position andact as a prop to limit the tilting movement of the frame; and compression'mechanism carried by the block.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW SANFORD HANGER;

-Witnesses' EMMITI L. Gooowm, JOHN Cnosnr. 

